Maldives Customs Service has seized more than three kilograms of synthetic cathinones from postal and courier packages, bringing the total of the substance intercepted in roughly a week to around 10 kilograms.
On 29 October officers found 2.12 kilograms concealed in a postal shipment. Two days later, on 31 October, a courier package yielded a further 1.03 kilograms. Customs identified the substance in both cases as synthetic cathinone, commonly referred to in the Maldives as “Meow Meow”.
Five days earlier the agency had intercepted 6.7 kilograms of the same drug in an air-freight consignment. Police have not yet announced any arrests in connection with the latest seizures.
The interceptions form part of continued efforts to monitor postal, courier and air-cargo channels. Synthetic cathinones are classified as high-risk substances with significant potential for abuse.